Australia vs Sweden: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 826 million TIV in Australia and 146 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 680 million TIV, or 5.66 times that in Sweden.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Australia has been higher since 1998, when it overtook Sweden.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Australia	Sweden	World
2025	826 million	146 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.08 billion	56 million	30.6 billion
2023	376 million	98 million	29.5 billion
2022	809 million	318 million	33 billion
2021	1.22 billion	110 million	26.8 billion
2020	1.63 billion	3 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.16 billion	7 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.55 billion	7 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.66 billion	32 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.01 billion	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.45 billion	24 million	28.7 billion
2014	848 million	48 million	27 billion
2013	220 million	58 million	27.4 billion
2012	787 million	202 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.58 billion	185 million	29.9 billion
2010	1.56 billion	–	25.8 billion
2009	805 million	15 million	24 billion
2008	430 million	52 million	24.1 billion
2007	618 million	51 million	26.5 billion
2006	721 million	121 million	24.4 billion
2005	458 million	78 million	21.3 billion
2004	447 million	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	765 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	638 million	74 million	17.7 billion
2001	1.22 billion	165 million	18.3 billion
2000	326 million	196 million	20.5 billion
1999	678 million	224 million	25.3 billion
1998	542 million	294 million	27.9 billion
1997	35 million	196 million	28.9 billion
1996	597 million	98 million	23.7 billion
1995	64 million	106 million	22.9 billion
1994	262 million	307 million	22.8 billion
1993	448 million	46 million	25.8 billion
1992	364 million	60 million	24.3 billion
1991	219 million	55 million	27.8 billion
1990	356 million	94 million	28.6 billion
1989	695 million	127 million	31.7 billion
1988	745 million	152 million	32.9 billion
1987	594 million	125 million	36.2 billion
1986	815 million	118 million	35.5 billion
1985	510 million	84 million	33.2 billion
1984	635 million	108 million	36.8 billion
1983	637 million	106 million	39.1 billion
1982	134 million	153 million	41.4 billion
1981	449 million	495 million	42 billion
1980	409 million	291 million	37.4 billion
1979	197 million	233 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.03 billion	229 million	39.2 billion
1977	278 million	114 million	37 billion
1976	91 million	214 million	33 billion
1975	108 million	292 million	34.2 billion
1974	898 million	256 million	32.9 billion
1973	713 million	231 million	32.6 billion
1972	63 million	196 million	28.7 billion
1971	310 million	160 million	29.3 billion
1970	230 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1969	702 million	172 million	24.7 billion
1968	557 million	189 million	22.4 billion
1967	770 million	318 million	22.1 billion
1966	707 million	299 million	22.4 billion
1965	920 million	324 million	23.1 billion
1964	539 million	400 million	24.2 billion
1963	369 million	335 million	18.1 billion
1962	460 million	177 million	15.5 billion
1961	155 million	165 million	15 billion
1960	116 million	227 million	15.7 billion

Each country on its own

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Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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